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ICYMI: Inventing Tools to Solve Field Challenges

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At Salt River Project, the transmission group strives to work smarter, not harder. After identifying tasks in pole maintenance and construction with room for improvement, JD Newham, transmission group supervisor for SRP, worked with LineWise, a product development company, to invent specialized tools to help the line crews improve productivity and safety. Read the full story published in the Electric Utility Operations section of T&D World magazine here.

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